"ben" meaning in Manx

See ben in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ben/, [bɛᵈn] Forms: mreih [genitive, singular], mraane [plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Etymology templates: {{inh|gv|sga|ben}} Old Irish ben, {{inh|gv|cel-pro|*benā}} Proto-Celtic *benā, {{inh|gv|ine-pro|*gʷḗn}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Head templates: {{head|gv|noun|genitive singular|mreih|||||||plural|mraane|||||cat2=|f1accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=p|f5request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} ben f (genitive singular mreih, plural mraane), {{gv-noun|f|mraane|mreih}} ben f (genitive singular mreih, plural mraane)
  1. woman Tags: feminine

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "ben"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ben",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*benā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *benā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷḗn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mreih",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mraane",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "10": "",
        "11": "plural",
        "12": "mraane",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "mreih",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "p",
        "f5request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ben f (genitive singular mreih, plural mraane)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "mraane",
        "3": "mreih"
      },
      "expansion": "ben f (genitive singular mreih, plural mraane)",
      "name": "gv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Manx",
  "lang_code": "gv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Manx entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 50 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "gv",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "gv:Female people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-ben-gv-noun-zy5b~x7w",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ben/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɛᵈn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ben"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 50 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "ben"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ben",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*benā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *benā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷḗn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mreih",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mraane",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "10": "",
        "11": "plural",
        "12": "mraane",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "mreih",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "p",
        "f5request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ben f (genitive singular mreih, plural mraane)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "mraane",
        "3": "mreih"
      },
      "expansion": "ben f (genitive singular mreih, plural mraane)",
      "name": "gv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Manx",
  "lang_code": "gv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Manx entries with incorrect language header",
        "Manx feminine nouns",
        "Manx lemmas",
        "Manx nouns",
        "Manx terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Manx terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Manx terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Manx terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Manx terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 50 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "gv:Female people"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ben/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɛᵈn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ben"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ben meaning in Manx (1.8kB)

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